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2426. Every Day God Equips

John 14:15-27

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . That's our job. Those are our marching orders. And part of the Good News is that our Every Day God, Equips us for our task. In other words, God supplies the tools we need to carry out the Great Commission. Listen to what Jesus tells the Disciples in the Upper Room on the night He was betrayed and arrested. John 14:15-27 (NRSV) [15] "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. [16] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. [17] This is the ...

2427. Leap Of Faith

John 8:12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... GPS, because it tells me "You have arrived." But truly, that's the only time I can say that. Often times we're tempted to think more highly of ourselves than we ought. We can get haughty and arrogant. But that's not how we're called to live as Disciples of Jesus. Peter writes in 1 Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time." We always have to remember, "It not about us." It's about God. C. Talking Stain There was one commercial which I thought ...

2428. A Crib, A Cross, And A Cave

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and laid in a borrowed manger for a crib. He preached from a borrowed boat. He rode into Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey. He fed the 5,000 from the lunch he borrowed from a small boy. He borrowed an Upper Room for the Last Supper with the Disciples. He was laid in a tomb that was borrowed from Joseph of Arimathea. Everything of significance in his life and ministry was borrowed. B. Except one thing, the Cross. The Cross was his and his alone. While the cross was thrust on others, Jesus willingly took up the ...

2429. Breakfast On The Beach

John 21:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of Peter's strength. When Peter realized it was Jesus on the shore, he dove in and swam as fast as he could. That left six disciples back in the boat. The catch of fish was so big they couldn't haul it into the boat, so they just drug it, along with ... all the stuff of fishing.) Which one was it? It was probably a little of all of them. When Jesus said that all of the disciples would desert him after his betrayal Peter had vehemently said, "I don't care what these guys do. I won't desert you, no matter what ...

2430. Same Table, Different Chairs

John 15:11-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... location. When we gather for the Sacrament of Holy Communion we are all sitting at the Same Table, just in Different Chairs. We are sitting at the exact same Table Jesus sat at during what we call the Last Supper. That night Jesus shared this meal with the Disciples. But at the same time, He invited each of us to join them in this Holy meal of remembrance. When we receive this bread and wine it comes from the very same table, through the very same hands. But this meal transcends time and space. For the only ...

2431. Altar Your Prayers

Mark 1:29-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... missed the full spiritual depth of what Stewardship is all about and hobbled our spiritual lives with unnecessary clutter and prejudice. Stewardship is not just about giving. Yes, part of it is about giving. But Stewardship is so much more. It's about being a Disciple. It's about learning those practices and patterns which help us grow as servants and faithful followers of Christ. I also think that each of the vows we take build upon each other. They are all necessary pieces to the puzzle or layers to the ...

2432. Cross Eyed: Rebuke

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... himself. He purchased the cross and arranged to have it carted back to his house. But, unfortunately, it was too big for the building. So, of all things, he knocked out the walls, raised the roof, and rebuilt his home around the cross. (4) As God's Forgiven, as Jesus' Disciples, as members of this Church, that's what we're called to do. We're called to knock down the walls in our lives and rebuild our lives around the Cross of Christ. We're called to stay Cross Eyed. We're called to let this Rebuke of Peter ...

2433. The Evening News

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

Frank G. Honeycutt

... for a moment. "No, they didn't die because of anything they did. It was a purely random thing. But let me tell you something. Unless you guys clean up your acts, you'll die just as tragically." There is a low murmur in the room. The disciples look at each other like Jesus has missed his morning medication. As two begin to leave to find a bathroom, the newscaster reports another catastrophe, this one halfway across the world. Jesus pipes up this time. "Hey, guys," he says, "those people over in El Salvador ...

2434. We Serve a Risen [and Rising] Savior

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Remember Christ’s signs. Remember Christ’s promises. It is this remembering that will re-member each new generation to the empty tomb and the miracle of resurrection. It is this remembering that will re-member the gospel within the heart of every disciple. When the very earliest fishermen found a thriving population of starfish munching big holes in the mussel, clam, and oyster beds they were harvesting, they simply hacked up the greedy little starfish into bits and tossed them back into the sea. Big ...

2435. The Challenge, The Call, The Cure

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. [10] And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. [11] When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" [12] But when he heard this, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. [13] Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy ...

2436. Follow Me (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... live in million dollar homes. It does not come natural to bow down when you are used to standing tall. It is almost impossible to take orders, when you are used to giving orders. But Peter stooped down. Peter, who would not bend down to wash another disciple’s feet a coupe of days ago, is now crawling on his hands and knees searching for the resurrected Christ. The root word for humility is “humus” - earthy (earthly). I suspect it would do us all some good on this Resurrection Sunday to come down to ...

2437. This Is the Day!

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the Last Supper (Matt 26:30). Why is this important? Consider the two verses which immediately precede the one telling us that “this is the day the Lord has made, rejoice and be glad in it,” then think about Christ and his disciples singing it after their last meal before his crucifixion. The two verses preceding this affirmation go like this: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.” Then and only then ...

2438. Eye Opening Faith

John 9:1-41

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... read the entire passage in context. John 9:1-11 (NRSV) [1] As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. [2] His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" [3] Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents ... learned by others. And there are a few that were just for me. One of the lessons I learned was the same one the disciples learned through this encounter with the man born blind. You have to ask the right question. It wasn't about who sinned. It ...

2439. The NFL of Grace

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." Not only did the head coach, God, show up but a couple of the most famous former players were there to affirm and inspire as well. Moses and Elijah. In lives of the disciples, in Jesus' life and this passage, we see the grace of God reflected and at work. You can see it worked out in the NFL of Grace. Not the National Football League, this sermon isn't about football, despite all of the football stories. It's about Grace, the ...

2440. Fingerprints and Lovemarks

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in any other person. God made us in so many ways wholly and totally different from one another. Yet as Jesus offers up to the Father his own personal “Lord’s Prayer,” he closes by praying for “oneness” among all those who follow him as his disciples. Does this mean that Jesus prays for us all to be the same? To be a body of “beige believers”? Is this a call for “cloned Christians”? A franchise faith? A lemming life? A monotone mission? Is every follower of Jesus expected to keep the same ...

2441. Design for Discipleship

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... fascinated him. In the way that is always true, Christ had laid his spell upon him. “As he read on…and felt he had entered into a new world.” In the gospels, it was Jesus, his words and his suffering. In the book of Acts…what the disciples did and thought and taught had taken the place in the world that Christ had occupied. The church continued where Jesus had left off at his death and resurrection. “Therefore,” said the man to Dr. Foster, “I must belong to the church that carries on the life ...

2442. An Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... me back in. I have been in over my head almost all my life, but the loving One, the kind and gentle Savior, has always picked me up and helped me go. Jesus of Nazareth requests the honor of your discipleship today. Jesus said, “If anyone would be my disciple, let them deny themselves, take up a cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Jesus calls. To some Jesus says, GO AND TELL OTHERS. Go fishing. I will make you fishers ...

2443. Finding the Courage to Believe

John 20:24-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... won't be perfect. In fact the devil will point out their imperfections to you. But notice how their beliefs form the foundations of their being. Then go and do likewise. II. THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE COMES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. John 20:26-28 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said “Peace be with you." And then he said to Thomas. “Put your finger here, see my hands. Reach out you hand and put it ...

2444. The Door of Service

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... realize that a dozen men could be in the company of Jesus day after day, listen to his teaching, watch his ways and still not get it. They failed to have a clue that Jesus lived by different values. Sometimes I wonder if we get it any better than the disciples. We have heard it all before. We have practiced it, we have read it and yet do we really get it? Life is not about you, or your wants, your wishes, your desires, your needs. Life is not about me or my plans, my goals, my aspirations, my dreams; Life ...

2445. Giving Our Gratitude

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... m sure they can use it." God is asking for our first fruits, not our leftovers. Jesus didn't give us the good commandment, he gave us the Great Commandment. Jesus didn't leave us the good commission, he left us the Great Commission. The need to make disciples of all nations is just as urgent today as it ever was. We are called to greatness. The fields are ripe for harvest. II. STRENGTH FOR OUR LABOR, THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. In Philippians 4:13 we read, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me ...

2446. Being Open to the Impossible

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... again - it had been awhile since they had eaten. But, they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Now this is hard to believe, but it’s in the Book — it’s right here in the 8th chapter of Mark. The disciples began to talk about the fact that they had only one loaf of bread and that was not enough for them all to lunch on. Already they had forgotten, and Jesus confronted them with it. “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Don’t you yet ...

2447. What Happens When You Are Not Number One?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... - (when we define saints in the stereotypical way). They were very ordinary men. It was with people like ourselves that Jesus set out to change the world. (William Barclay, The Gospel of Mark, p. 263) So, it’s an issue with which we all must deal, even as the disciples of Jesus had to deal with it - the desire to be Number One, and what happens when we’re not Number One. I Before we get to the heart of this, let’s go back a bit. Jesus had dealt with the question before. The first part of chapter ...

2448. Luke 10:38-42

Luke 10:38-42

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... gospel Jesus repeatedly affirms that those who listen to the word, who truly “hear the word,” are those who join themselves to him on the discipleship journey (Luke 8:11, 21; 11:28; 6:47). Mary’s posture and attentiveness define her as one of those disciples. Martha, who had opened her house to these travelers, had not yet opened her ears or her heart to pay attention and attend to the message Jesus is speaking in her own home. Instead she is “distracted by her many tasks” (v. 40). Although Martha ...

2449. You Do Have a Prayer - Sermon Opener

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

James W. Moore

... , the more they saw that they could never explain him or understand him unless they understood his praying and so not at all because of new arguments, but because of amazing spiritual power released in him by prayer. They wanted him to tell them how to pray." The disciples sometimes were slow on the uptake, but at this point they were quickly and precisely on target. They saw in Jesus the answer to this question: how do we pray and why do we pray? And they learned from Him (as we can) what the elements are ...

2450. Always with Us

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Lee Griess

... , there is good news. As we gather here today, we encounter the resurrected Christ, the one who has triumphed over the cross and the grave; the one who stands eternal before the throne of our heavenly Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, who says to us as he did to the disciples, "I will not leave you as orphans." I will not leave you alone. I will not abandon you. Orphans ... Now that's a word we don't hear very often any more. It's not a popular word. In fact, we try to avoid the thought that orphans even exist ...

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